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NIRF (Colleges) (2023)	9
NIRF (Colleges) (2024)	10

Lady Shri Ram College
Motto	Sā vidyā yā vimuktaye; "That alone is knowledge which leads to liberation"
Type	Public women's college
Established	1956
Founder	Lala Shri Ram
Parent institution	University of Delhi
Principal	Suman Sharma
Academic staff	150
Students	Approximately 5000
Address	Lala Lajpat Rai Rd, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi, Delhi, 110024, India; 28°33′33″N 77°14′15″E / 28.5592995°N 77.2374735°E
Campus	15 acres
Website	www.lsr.edu.in
	Location in Delhi Lady Shri Ram College (India)

Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi.^[1]

History

Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college began in a school building in Daryaganj, Central Delhi with 299 students, nine faculty, and four support staff. The college is now located in a 15-acre (61,000 m²) campus in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi.^[2]

LSR's infrastructure includes a library with internet access, 1200 books, 50 online journals and 12798 in-house journals and periodicals.^[3] Its Board of Governors is chaired by industrialist and philanthropist Bharat Ram. The new principal of the college is Ms. Suman Sharma.

Academics

Academic programmes

B.A. (H): Economics, English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit, Sociology, Psychology
B.Com. (H)
B.A. Programme
BSc. (H): Mathematics, Statistics
B.El.Ed
Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace-building (CTPB)
Journalism and Mass Communication (H)

Rankings

LSR College was ranked 10th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.^[6]

Admissions

Admissions to all Undergraduate (UG) Programs in Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) are based on the scores obtained in CUET (Common University Entrance Test) - UG.^[7]

Student life

Cultural festivals

Tarang is the annual cultural festival of Lady Shri Ram College in fields of music, dance, dramatics, debating, fine arts, quiz, and film.

Student clubs

LSR also has 20 other clubs for extra-curricular activities such as Hive for art enthusiasts, a Debating Society for debates, and Dramatics Society for drama. Other clubs include the LSR's choreography group, the Western Music Society and the classical music society. In addition to this, there is also compulsory enrollment in National Service Scheme, National Sports Organisation or National Cadet Corps.

Notable alumnae

Radhikaraje Gaekwad (formerly known as the Queen of Baroda)Titular Maharani of Baroda^[8]
Darshana Rajendran, Indian Actress
Sanjana Sanghi, Bollywood actress
Aditi Rao Hydari, Bollywood actress
Priyamvada Kant, Actress
Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Director of Grantmaking, Wikimedia Foundation
Tillotama Shome, Actress
Anjali Gopalan, honoured with Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; founder of Naz Foundation (India) Trust
Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, The World Bank
Anupriya Patel, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
Archana Puran Singh, television host, Bollywood actress, anchor and celebrity judge
Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma; Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Baisali Mohanty, classical dancer and choreographer; columnist
Chitra Subramaniam, India's first woman investigative journalist
Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of village Soda
Deepa Mehta, filmmaker
Divya Dwivedi, philosopher
Gauri Khan, film producer, interior designer
Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate^[9]
Geetanjali Shree, acclaimed Hindi writer and International Booker Prize winner
Gita Mittal, Hon’ble Chief Justice (Retd.), Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund
Gurmehar Kaur, Young Activist, Writer, Leader
Indu Malhotra, Judge, Supreme Court of India
Jaishree Misra, popular fiction author
Jasmine Kaur Roy, filmmaker
Kiran Walia, Politician, Former Minister of Health and Family Welfare Department, Women & Child Development and Languages, Delhi Government.
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP, Former Minister of Women and Child Development, animal rights activist, and environmentalist
Manu Bhaker, Indian sport shooter
Meenakshi Gopinath, educationist, former principal and Padma Shri awardee
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, author
Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi.
Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India
Nabila Jamshed, author
Nidhi Razdan, Anchor - NDTV
Pariva Pranati, popular TV actress
Poile Sengupta, writer
Priya Prakash, businesswoman
Preeti Saran, Diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service
Raashi Khanna, Indian actress
Rasika Dugal, Indian film actress
Sakshi Tanwar, television actress
Sandhya Mridul, Indian actress
Sayani Gupta, Indian film actress
Shikha Sharma, CEO Axis Bank India
Shriya Saran, Indian Film Actress
Sujatha Singh, former Indian Foreign Secretary
Uma Sharma, Kathak dancer
Usha Thorat, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries
Sunita Kohli, Interior Designer who restored Rashtrapati Bhawan
Vasundhara Sirnate, Indian political scientist and journalist.
Kavita Singh, Professor and Infosys Prize winner
Anjana Sinha, IPS officer
Parampara Tandon, Music Composer, Singer
Namgay Zam, Bhutanese journalist
Shambhavi Choudhary, Member of Parliament in 18th Lok Sabha representing Samastipur Loksabha Constituency

References

^ "'PPU to raise music band'". The Times of India. 17 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Lady Shri Ram College for Women | Delhi Live". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Article on Lady Shri Ram College for Women, delhilive.com on Sat, 02/06/2007-06:03
^ [1] Lady Shri Ram College Library
^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
^ "NIRF Ranking 2024" (PDF).
^ "LSR".
^ "Education: भारत की सबसे खूबसूरत रानी, DU से की पढ़ाई, IAS बनने के लिए पिता ने भी छोड़ा..." News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 19 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
^ "Distinguished Alumnae". Lady Shri Ram College. 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[1] "'PPU to raise music band'". The Times of India. 17 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[2] "Lady Shri Ram College for Women | Delhi Live". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Article on Lady Shri Ram College for Women, delhilive.com on Sat, 02/06/2007-06:03

[3] [1] Lady Shri Ram College Library

[Rankings_NIRF_C_2023-4] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.

[Rankings_NIRF_C_2024-5] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.

[6] "NIRF Ranking 2024" (PDF).

[7] "LSR".

[8] "Education: भारत की सबसे खूबसूरत रानी, DU से की पढ़ाई, IAS बनने के लिए पिता ने भी छोड़ा..." News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 19 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

[9] "Distinguished Alumnae". Lady Shri Ram College. 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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